Tag: Colorado

August 12, 2019

Tourists get too close to wild mountain goats

Photos from Mount Evans, Colo. are raising controversy after showing crowds of tourists getting within several feet of wild mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) and their kids. Colorado Parks and Wildlife...

July 15, 2019

Colorado student chapters reflect on spring semester

These updates originally appear in the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Summer 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the chapter’s newsletter. Colorado State...

July 10, 2019

Colorado investigates wolf sightings

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists are working to confirm two recent reports of what is believed to be the first credible gray wolf (Canis lupus) sighting in the state in...

June 12, 2019

Group seeks to reintroduce wolves to Colorado by ballot

A group is seeking to introduce a ballot initiative that would direct Colorado wildlife officials to reintroduce the gray wolf (Canis lupus) there. “If you can put a viable population...

May 14, 2019

Bobcat hunting, trapping to continue in Colorado

Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners have voted down a citizen petition that would have outlawed the hunting and trapping of bobcats (Lynx rufus). State biologists say the species is stable...

December 20, 2018

Colorado student chapters new and old celebrate busy fall semesters

This article originally appears in the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s December 2018 newsletter. Photos of student chapter activities are also available in the newsletter. Colorado State University Student...

December 3, 2018

TWS Chapter meetings in January

Sections, chapters, and working groups of The Wildlife Society hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled during the month of January: January 27-30, 2019:...

July 25, 2018

Colo. governor asks to keep sage-grouse land off lease sale

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is asking the Bureau of Land Management to remove greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat from a planned oil and gas lease sale. The Dec. 6 sale...

May 21, 2018

CSU Chapter sets new goals

The following student chapter news was included in the Spring 2018 newsletter of the Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society. Photos of student chapter activities are also...

April 23, 2018

Colorado Chapter to host sagebrush workshop

The Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society will host a workshop about sagebrush and understory vegetation August 8-9 in Gunnison, Colorado. The workshop will cover identification of important functional groups,...